6aff3149f6267b5d389fd81b801ca1fc English dataset NatureScot (HQ Inverness) data_supply@nature.scot pointOfContact 2025-06-05 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 2008 Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) site condition monitoring within the Sanday SAC and East Sanday Coast SSSI 2009-01-01 publication MRSNH01400000005 Marine Recorder NS-000115 NatureScot project ID Sanday is one of the northernmost islands in the Orkney Islands archipelago. In 2005 Sanday was designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), based on the island’s role in supporting one of the largest colonies of common seals Phoca vitulina in Scotland, and for its ‘subtidal sandbanks’, ‘intertidal mud and sandflats’ and ‘rocky reefs’. This designation built upon the existing East Sanday Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), notified in 1999, which recognised the importance of varied and extensive intertidal sediment flats and rocky reef habitats in supporting common seals and a range of ornithological and botanical interests. The aim of the current study (2008) was to initiate site condition monitoring of the marine habitat features present within the SAC and SSSI, establishing a baseline biological dataset against which to underpin future condition assessments. In the subtidal an extensive drop-down video survey of reef and sediment biotopes (different habitats with their recurring characteristic species communities) guided a subsequent targeted programme of semi-quantitative diver sampling and quantitative benthic infaunal sampling. In the intertidal, relocatable transects were established at ten locations deemed to best represent the shore types present. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters Data Manager 01463 725000 data_supply@nature.scot owner NatureScot (HQ Inverness) NatureScot Data Manager data_supply@nature.scot custodian Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters Data Manager 01463 725000 data_supply@nature.scot originator Esther Hughes Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-06-05 revision NDGO0005 NDGO0005 2025-06-05 revision Geology Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Habitat characterisation Habitat extent Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions no restrictions to public access otherRestrictions Not for navigational use; SNH copyright data which is available for re-use under government licence terms: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota environment oceans -2.7410888671875 -2.3359680175781 59.168186899659 59.349995825108 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation North Atlantic Ocean SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation North Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Northern North Sea 2008-09-03 2008-11-04 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision circalittoral SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision infralittoral SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision littoral Watson, D. I., Coey, S., Wise, D., Thomson, M., Corner, R., Griffiths, C. and Cairns, Z. (2009). Site condition monitoring of marine features within the Sanday SAC and East Sanday Coast SSSI. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report Documents Unpublished report Database Marine Recorder Image Movie .mov dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication Guidance regarding the monitoring of the condition of features has been drawn up by SNH and other agencies (e.g. JNCC) in order that the approach taken is standardised (JNCC, 2004a, b, c, d; Davies et al., 2001) as well as for specific features (Connor et al., 2004). Each of the features to be monitored is represented by a series of attributes, which are measurable indicators of the condition of that feature at the site. The Common Standards Monitoring (CSM) guidance lists seven attributes for littoral and inshore sublittoral rock features (three of which are mandatory), ten attributes for littoral sediment features (four of which are mandatory) and seven attributes for inshore sublittoral sediment (four of which are mandatory).